A cappella Publisher Desc.  The settings of these five haiku-like poems form a narrative in which the first three poems are tinged with melancholy as leaves are torn from branches memories languish and plum blossoms offer fragrance even to the one who breaks the branch. But in the final two poems the piece turns toward dawn and shimmering light and the dark night passes. Rich timbres underline the spare lines of poetry and the compositional style shifts between homophonic and polyphonic passages throughout the piece.